Nehemiah 9:25
And they took strong cities, and a fat land, and possessed houses full of all goods, wells digged, vineyards, and oliveyards, and fruit trees in abundance: so they did eat, and were filled, and became fat, and delighted themselves in thy great goodness.
Context
This verse from Nehemiah Chapter 9 connects to 10 cross-references. The people gather for a great day of fasting, sackcloth, and confession; the Levites lead an extended public prayer reviewing all of God's acts from creation and Abraham through Egypt, the wilderness, the conquest, the judges, and the prophets, confessing …
Other Translations
And they took fortified cities, and a fat land, and possessed houses full of all good things, cisterns hewn out, vineyards, and oliveyards, and fruit-trees in abundance: so they did eat, and were filled, and became fat, and delighted themselves in thy great goodness.
And they capture fenced cities, and fat ground, and possess houses full of all good, digged-wells, vineyards, and olive-yards, and fruit-trees in abundance, and they eat, and are satisfied, and become fat, and delight themselves in Thy great goodness.
And they took walled towns and a fat land, and became the owners of houses full of all good things, water-holes cut in the rock, vine-gardens and olive-gardens and a wealth of fruit-trees: so they had food enough and became fat, and had joy in the good you gave them.
Cross References
Nevertheless the people be strong that dwell in the land, and the cities are walled, and very great: and moreover …
And they told him, and said, We came unto the land whither thou sentest us, and surely it floweth with …
But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: thou art waxen fat, thou art grown thick, thou art covered with fatness; then …
He made him ride on the high places of the earth, that he might eat the increase of the fields; …
Understand therefore this day, that the Lord thy God is he which goeth over before thee; as a consuming fire …
Hear, O Israel: Thou art to pass over Jordan this day, to go in to possess nations greater and mightier …
When thou hast eaten and art full, then thou shalt bless the Lord thy God for the good land which …
For the Lord thy God bringeth thee into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and …
Then beware lest thou forget the Lord, which brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, from the house …
And it shall be, when the Lord thy God shall have brought thee into the land which he sware unto …